The spinal cord is the bundle of nerve tissue ... such as injections or surgery for your lumbar spine. Understanding the basic anatomy of the five lumbar bones that make up your low back can ...

The thoracic spine serves many functions. It protects the spinal cord, the bundle of nerves that extend from your brain to the body. It provides an attachment point for your ribs and helps with ...

The spine (aka backbone) is a linked column of bones running from the head down to the lower back. Bone segments form the column. One bone segment is a vertebra, and multiple bone segments are ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on spinal cord anatomy, physiology, management of injury and disease, and the quality of life and life circumstances of people ...

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Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle ...

More research is needed to confirm gray matter, the darker tissue found in the brain and spinal cord, “as a potential disease ...

He has been involved in clinical research on spinal cord injury / disease topics, mainly neuro-urology and spine surgery, for over 10 years. Before moving into clinical research, he was active in ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

showing spinal disinhibition — disruption of the spinal cord’s inhibitory systems that modulate pain signals — in people with fibromyalgia syndrome. The results suggest that spinal ...